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The Christmas Truce

December 24, 2020

On December 24, 1914, soldiers in the trenches of the Great War put down their guns and celebrated Christmas together. Despite their differences, these men shared common beliefs and a common heritage.

Culture·Family·Literature·Religion

Influential Works: Christmas 2020

December 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: Ian posted this at his own site. You can leave comments for him here or there. My dear ol’ dad posted a Facebook post about the dearth of Latin Christmas

Art·Culture·Literature

On Higher Powers

December 23, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is first in a series of reviews of Tim Powers’ writing. We will run the others soon, as well. Men of the West are readers. The Last Redoubt does

Culture·History

“The Christmas of 1808” by Hilaire Belloc

December 23, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from On Anything, by Hilaire Belloc (published 1910). No British Army in force has capitulated in Europe for many generations. It is the peculiar historical position

Culture·Fitness·History·Nationalism·Philosophy

Life lessons from the Jade-Faced Tiger

December 22, 2020

Editor’s Note: We continue with this series from Didact. Go read everything at Didactmind. The name of Samart Payakaroon is not well known outside of martial arts circles, but within them, his is a name that

History·Nationalism

The Sinking of the Scharnhorst: A British Perspective

December 22, 2020

"The Scharnhorst sped eastward with every revolution her engineers could wring from her turbines, and after her came the British ships."

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Crossing the Rubicon

December 21, 2020

In the days and weeks since the election there have been a million different stories covering a million different theories on what is going on, and what is going to happen. Some